Total on dynamic measure

[ThePoulsen]

Hi

I'm working on a dataset for sales dept. In our business we have both internal and external sales both present in the datamodel, summed up in a single measure.

I have a Dimension named transaction_type that contains a value for internal/external

The business would like that the sales measure show only external sales, unless filtered on internal, or transaction type being used within a visualization.

Using SelectedValue I can build the measure to show only external unless filtered on internal or shown in a visualization.

Sadly this shows the wrong total in the cases where both internal and external is present.

I understand why the total is showing as only External (because the total is not a selectedvalue and therefore reverts to "Eksternal")

Is there a way to force the total to sum up what is actually shown on screen?

[Anonymous]

Hi  @ThePoulsen ,

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Best Regards

[Anonymous]

Hi @ThePoulsen ,

You can create another new measure as below and put this new measure to replace the original measure onto the table visual...

New Measure =
SUMX (
    VALUES ( 'dim_transaction_type'[TransactionTypeCode] ),
    [Invoiced Amount]
)

In addition, you can refer the following links to try to solve your problem...

Why Your Total Is Incorrect In Power BI - The Key DAX Concept To Understand

Dax for Power BI: Fixing Incorrect Measure Totals

If the above one can't help you get the desired result, please provide some sample data in your table 'fact_sales_invoice_line' and  'dim_transaction_type' (exclude sensitive data) with Text format and your expected result with backend logic and special examples. By the way, is there any relationship created between the table 'fact_sales_invoice_line' and  'dim_transaction_type'? It is better if you can share a simplified pbix file. You can refer the following link to upload the file to the community. Thank you.

How to upload PBI in Community

Best Regards

[ValtteriN · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Table totals use dax calculation to get their values and thus aren't considering what is happening within the visual. Because of this I don't think you can get your calculation to sum external values when a visual is not filtered and the same time calculate total values for both internal and external. 

For more information on totals check this article by SQLBI: Obtaining accurate totals in DAX - SQLBI